turgid style
31bombastic — adjective ostentatiously lofty in style a man given to large talk tumid political prose • Syn: ↑declamatory, ↑large, ↑orotund, ↑tumid, ↑turgid • Similar to: ↑ …
32declamatory — adjective ostentatiously lofty in style a man given to large talk tumid political prose • Syn: ↑bombastic, ↑large, ↑orotund, ↑tumid, ↑turgid • Similar to: ↑ …
33literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
34Ornament — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ornament >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ornament ornament Sgm: N 1 floridness c.adj floridness c.adj GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 turgidity turgidity turgescence Sgm: N 2 altiloquence altiloquence &c. >Adj …
35Baroque architecture — Façade of the Church of the Gesù, the first truly baroque façade.[1] Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance… …
36Neo-Renaissance — [ thumb|right|250px|Mentmore Towers English Neo Renaissance completed in 1854, was a copy of Wollaton Hall completed in 1588.] Neo Renaissance is an all encompassing style designation that covers many aspects of those 19th century architectural… …
37dance — dancingly, adv. /dans, dahns/, v., danced, dancing, n. v.i. 1. to move one s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music. 2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or… …
38Clavier-Übung III — Johann Sebastian Bach, 1746 The Clavier Übung III, sometimes referred to as the German Organ Mass, is a collection of compositions for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, started in 1735–6 and published in 1739. It is considered to be Bach s most… …
39Renaissance Revival architecture — Neo Renaissance redirects here. For the style of jewelery, see Holbeinesque jewellery. Waddesdon Manor, of the Rothschild family, 1874 …
40United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
